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Showing 60616070 of 6290 articles for Art. 28 March 2014

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to agricultural products and foodstuffs

Article L443-8

…le is concluded for a term of one, two or three years.B.-The agreement is concluded no later than 1 March and the supplier communicates its general terms and conditions of sale to the buyer no later t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1668

…t euro. The fraction of a euro equal to 0.50 is counted as 1.Payments must be made no later than 15 March, 15 June, 15 September and 15 December of each year.The organisations mentioned in the first p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to eligible compensation

Article D533-13

…dministering an occupational pension institution mentioned in article 8 of order no. 2006-344 of 23 March 2006 relating to supplementary occupational pensions;g) Persons whose principal activity consi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-1

…are sent by each regional company to the Compagnie nationale des commissaires aux comptes before 1 March. The list of candidates authorised to take the preparatory certificate for the duties of statu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-19-2

…L. 621-4.The court may only rule on the application for transfer after consulting the Autorité des marchés financiers if the securities concerned are listed on a regulated market or a multilateral tr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Powers

Article L5217-2

I. - The metropolis automatically exercises, in place of the member municipalities, the following competences:1° In matters of economic, social and cultural development and planning:a) Creation, devel…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Funeral and burial regulations.

Article D2573-16-1

…g an authorisation procedure for making available on the market provided for in Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012, as amended, concerning the mak…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-1

…Applications for the purposes of obtaining an extract from a decision submitted pursuant to Article 28(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 of 18 December 2008 on jurisdiction, applicable law, reco…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Wanted persons file

Article 230-19

…g licences; 4° A ban on carrying out certain activities imposed pursuant to articles 131-27 and 131-28 of the Penal Code; 5° The disqualification from French territory imposed pursuant to Article 131-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Information systems

Article R1413-58-1

…ontractors that the data controller may use, in compliance with the conditions laid down in Article 28 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016. IV. - The data is kept in the LA…

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